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- This invention relates to the detection of electrical faults in electrical networks.
- Some existing fault locating techniques are usable with direct current circuits. They include the use of electrical travelling waves and wavelet analysis. This method is based on the concept that the occurrence of an electrical fault sets up a travelling wave which propagates from the point of fault. Current and voltage travelling waves are related in both time and origin which, using wavelet analysis, allows a fault's location to be determined. Disadvantages of these techniques include their poor detection of nearby faults. Due to very short travel time from nearby faults, the travelling waves cannot be easily distinguished without the use of high measurement speeds and sampling. Furthermore the travelling waves may be damped and reflected by any discontinuities in conductor impedance, making their use less attractive for systems with large inductive filters.
- the present invention is directed towards an electrical network.
- the electrical network comprises a first voltage source and a second voltage source, each of which have a respective positive rail each having a connection to a positive concentrator, and a respective negative rail each having a connection to a negative concentrator.
- An inductor is located between one of: the positive concentrator between the connections of the positive rails thereto, and the negative concentrator between the connections of the negative rails to thereto.
- a fault identification device is provided which is configured to monitor a voltage across the inductor, and to output a fault signal in response to the voltage across the inductor exceeding a threshold.
- the present invention is also directed to a method of detecting an electrical fault in an electrical network of the type comprising a first voltage source and a second voltage source, each of which have a respective positive rail connected by a positive concentrator and a respective negative rail connected by a negative concentrator, and an inductor located between one of: the positive rails in the positive concentrator, and the negative rails in the negative concentrator.
- the method comprises monitoring the voltage across the inductor, and generating a fault signal in response to a voltage across the inductor exceeding a threshold.
- the present invention is directed to an electrical fault detector apparatus for installation in an electrical network of the type having a first voltage source and a second voltage source, each of which have a respective positive rail each having connections to a positive concentrator, and a respective negative rail each having connections to a negative concentrator.
- the apparatus comprises an inductor for location in one of: the positive concentrator between the connections of the positive rails thereto, and the negative concentrator between the connections of the negative rails to thereto.
- the apparatus also comprises a fault identification device configured to monitor the voltage across the inductor, and generate a fault signal in response to a voltage across the inductor exceeding a threshold.
- FIG. 1 shows an electrical network including the electrical fault detector apparatus
- FIG. 2 shows the electrical network of FIG. 1 including a specific embodiment of an electrical fault detector
- FIG. 3 shows an example fault condition within the electrical network of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 shows another example fault condition within the electrical network of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 5 shows steps carried out by the processor in the fault identification device to identify a fault condition and take appropriate measures
- FIG. 6 shows operations carried out in process 506 and process 507 of FIG. 5 ;
- FIGS. 7 and 8 show an electrical network similar to that of FIG. 2 in which an embodiment of the electrical fault detector may be used;
- FIGS. 9 and 10 show the electrical network of FIGS. 7 and 8 in which two ground faults have occurred
- FIGS. 11 and 12 show another electrical network similar to that of FIG. 2 in which an embodiment of the electrical fault detector may be used;
- FIG. 13 shows another electrical network similar to that of FIG. 2 in which an embodiment of the electrical fault detector may be used.
- FIG. 14 shows another electrical network similar to that of FIG. 2 in which an embodiment of the electrical fault detector may be used.
- FIG. 1 A diagram illustrating an electrical network is shown in FIG. 1 .
- the electrical network in the present example is a power distribution network 101 , possibly forming part of a wider electrical installation.
- the electrical installation may form part of an aircraft, or part of a ship.
- the network 101 includes a first circuit portion 102 and a second circuit portion 103 .
- the first circuit portion 102 comprises a first voltage source 104 with a positive rail 105 and a negative rail 106 connected to it.
- the second circuit portion comprises a second voltage source 107 with a positive rail 108 and a negative rail 109 connected to it.
- the voltage sources 104 and 107 are direct current voltage sources.
- the positive rails 105 and 108 are connected by a positive concentrator 110
- the negative rails 106 and 109 are connected by a negative concentrator 111
- the positive concentrator 110 and the negative concentrator 111 are, respectively, positive and negative power distribution buses. In a specific embodiment, they are, respectively, positive and negative busbars.
- electrical devices in the wider electrical network may be connected in parallel to the positive and negative concentrators to receive electrical power therefrom.
- the apparatus comprises an inductor 112 located in the positive concentrator 110 between the connections of the positive rails 105 and 108 thereto.
- the inductor 112 is a current limiting inductor. It is envisaged however that the inductor 112 may alternatively be an inductive filter, or any other electrical device which has an inductance.
- a fault identification device 113 is also provided and is connected to the positive concentrator 110 across the inductor 112 .
- the fault identification device 113 is configured to monitor the voltage across the inductor 112 , and to output a fault signal in response to the voltage across the inductor exceeding a threshold. Such a situation may occur should a short-circuit occurring between the positive rail 105 and the negative rail 106 . Fault conditions detectable by the fault identification device will be described further with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 .
- the inductor 112 may alternatively be placed in the negative concentrator 111 between the connections of the negative rails 106 and 109 thereto.
- an additional inductor may be included in the negative concentrator 111 between the connections of the negative rails 106 and 109 thereto, in addition the inductor 112 in the positive concentrator 110 .
- FIG. 2 A diagram illustrating a specific embodiment of an electrical fault detector is shown in FIG. 2 .
- an additional inductor 201 is provided in the negative concentrator 111 between the connections of the negative rails 106 and 109 thereto.
- the fault identification device 113 is implemented in this example by a first voltmeter 202 across the inductor 112 and a second voltmeter 203 across the inductor 201 , which are configured to provide a measurement of the voltage across the respective inductors to a processor 204 .
- the voltmeters 202 and 203 include analog to digital converters so as to facilitate the provision of data directly to the processor 204 .
- the voltmeters may be analog, with the processor 204 including analog to digital conversion capability.
- the fault identification device 113 is configured to output a fault signal in response to the voltage across the inductor 112 exceeding a threshold.
- the processor 204 operating under program control performs this function. Processes carried out by the processor 204 to achieve this will be described further with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 .
- the processor 204 is a microcontroller and therefore includes a memory for storing instructions and data for execution by a central processing unit. It also includes input/output peripherals to facilitate receipt of the measurements from the voltmeters 202 and 203 . It is envisaged, however, that in alternative embodiments the functionality of processor 204 may be provided by a general-purpose computer programmed to perform the same functions, or alternatively by dedicated circuitry either utilising digital or analog electronics to directly implement its functionality.
- the program for the microcontroller could be re-compiled to be run by general purpose architectures, such as x86 or ARM.
- operations such as comparisons to a threshold may be carried out by logic gates or comparator circuits. This could be achieved with a discrete circuit or with a field-programmable gate array or similar.
- first circuit breaker 205 in the positive concentrator 110 between the connections of the positive rails 105 and 108 thereto, and a second circuit breaker 206 in the negative concentrator 111 between the connections of the negative rails 106 and 109 thereto.
- the circuit breakers 205 and 206 are connected with the processor 204 which is configured to operate them to break one or both of the concentrators.
- the rails 105 , 106 , 108 and 109 are in the present example electrical cable having common and consistent resistance and inductance (represented schematically by the resistance and inductance symbols in the boxes 207 , 208 , 209 and 210 ).
- the rails are of substantially the same length, are of uniform inductance per unit length and are retained in consistent position relative to each other.
- the inductors 112 and 201 are rated with an inductance that is greater than the inductance of the rails. This allows faults to be detected by measurement of the voltage(s) across the inductor(s).
- FIG. 3 An example fault condition within the electrical network of FIG. 2 is shown in FIG. 3 .
- a fault in the form of a short circuit S 1 between the positive rail 105 and the negative rail 106 has occurred.
- the fault S 1 current is no longer delivered to the positive concentrator 110 and the negative concentrator 111 by the voltage source 104 . Instead, current is short circuited back to the voltage source 104 by the fault S 1 as indicated by the path 301 .
- the path 302 includes both inductors 112 and 201 .
- the inductors 112 and 201 have a significantly higher inductance than that of the positive rail 108 and the negative rail 109 , substantially all of the voltage supplied by the voltage source 104 is temporarily dropped across them.
- the inductors 112 and 201 have substantially the same inductance. In this way, the voltage supplied by the voltage source 104 is substantially split between them in terms of voltage drop.
- FIG. 4 Another example fault condition within the electrical network of FIG. 2 is shown in FIG. 4 .
- a fault in the form of a short circuit S 2 between the positive rail 108 and the negative rail 109 has occurred.
- the impact of the fault S 2 will be substantially the same as the fault S 1 , only with the effect on the first circuit portion 102 and second circuit portion 103 being swapped.
- the result is that current from the voltage source 107 short circuits across fault S 2 and returns on a path 401 , whilst current from the voltage source 104 short circuits across fault S 2 and returns on a path 402 via the inductors 112 and 201 .
- the voltage dropped across each of the inductors 112 and 201 is monitored in real-time by the voltmeters 202 and 203 , which relay their measurement of the voltage to the processor 204 . Steps carried out by the processor 204 to identify a fault condition and take appropriate measures are set out in FIG. 4 .
- Processor 204 is powered on at step 501 , and a question is asked at step 502 as to whether program instructions have been installed. If not, then control proceeds to step 503 where the instructions are installed either from a computer-readable medium 504 such as a CD-ROM or a memory card, or by data download 505 over a serial or network connection to a data store, for example.
- a computer-readable medium 504 such as a CD-ROM or a memory card
- the instructions are loaded from memory ready for execution in the central processing unit of the processor 204 in a process 506 , in which the electrical network is monitored for faults. This continues until a fault occurs, whereupon a fault signal is generated and, in the present example, the commencement of process 507 in which the fault is responded to.
- a sample is taken of the or each voltage across the or each inductors forming part of the electrical fault detector apparatus.
- a question is then asked at step 602 as to whether a threshold has been exceeded. In the event of a fault such as fault S 1 occurring the voltage dropped across the inductors will exceed a predetermined threshold magnitude. In the present example, as there are two inductors, the threshold is set at just below half of the rated voltage of the voltage source 104 . In normal usage, each time the question of step 602 is asked, it will be answered in the negative, and control will return to step 601 . On occurrence of a fault, however, the question asked at step 602 will be answered in the affirmative. In response to this, the processor 204 outputs a fault signal at step 603 .
- the fault signal outputted at the end of process 506 causes the commencement of process 507 , which in the present example takes measures to first, at step 604 , activate circuit breakers 205 and 206 to help to protect the electrical network from over currents.
- the location of the fault is determined at step 605 .
- the location is determined by monitoring the polarity of the voltage drops across the inductors 112 and 201 . It will be appreciated that the polarity of the voltage drop will reverse through each of the inductors 112 and 201 for the fault S 1 of FIG. 3 by comparison with the fault S 2 of FIG. 4 .
- FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate an electrical network broadly similar to that shown in FIG. 2 , albeit employing a negative line earth system. Like features are identified with like reference numerals.
- the negative rail 106 and the negative rail 109 are both earthed at earthing points 701 and 702 respectively.
- a ground fault G 2 is shown in FIG. 8 , occurring in the positive concentrator 110 on the second circuit portion 103 side of the inductor 112 .
- current supplied from the voltage source 104 flows through the inductor 112 along a path 801 .
- the different polarity of the voltage across the inductor 112 makes it possible to determine on which side of the inductor the fault has occurred.
- FIGS. 9 and 10 illustrate the electrical network of FIGS. 7 and 8 in which two ground faults have occurred.
- a ground fault G 3 is in the positive concentrator 110 on the first circuit portion 102 side of the inductor 112 and a ground fault G 4 is shown in the negative concentrator 111 on the first circuit portion 102 side of the inductor 112 .
- the ground faults G 3 and G 4 effectively form a line-to-line fault, with fault existence and location able to be determined in a similar way to as described previously.
- FIG. 10 is illustrative of ground fault detection given their occurrence on different polarity concentrators and on different sides of the network. Exemplary ground faults G 5 in the positive concentrator 110 on a second circuit portion 103 side of the inductor 112 , and G 6 in the negative concentrator 111 on a first circuit portion 102 side of the inductor 201 .
- the nature and location of the faults may be determinable where a detection procedure run by the processor 204 is configured to account for the earthing system used (in this case unearthed), and the polarities generated by particular faults or combinations of faults.
- FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate a similar electrical network to that shown in FIG. 2 , and thus like features are identified with like reference numerals.
- a respective mid-point earthing system 1101 and 1102 for each of the voltage sources 104 and 107 is provided.
- Each mid-point earthing system effectively shorts half of the associated voltage source 104 and 107 . This means that current is driven by only half of the total voltage from that source.
- An exemplary ground fault G 7 is shown occurring in the positive concentrator 110 on a first circuit portion 102 side of the inductor 112 .
- Current from both of the voltage sources 104 and 107 flows into the fault and returns to the sources voltage sources 104 and 107 via the mid-point earthing systems 1101 and 1102 .
- current supplied from the voltage source 107 flows through the inductor 112 and, assuming that the earth path is of low impedance, temporarily drops almost all of the voltage supplied across it. Whilst this voltage will be lower due to the mid-point earthing system in comparison to the negative line earthing system, it is still possible to detect the presence of the fault and isolate the first circuit portion in a similar manner to that previously described.
- FIG. 12 illustrates the reverse situation, where a ground fault G 8 occurs in the negative concentrator 111 on a first circuit portion 102 side of the inductor 112 .
- current returning to the voltage source 107 flows through the inductor 201 .
- the great majority of the voltage (again lower in view of the mid-point earthing system) will be dropped across the inductor 201 , allowing for detection of the fault and isolation (in this case) of the first circuit portion 102 .
- FIG. 13 shows a network similar to that of FIG. 2 , in which like features are identified with like reference numerals, and including a further, third portion 1301 comprising a respective voltage source 1302 , a positive rail 1303 connected with the positive concentrator 110 , and a negative rail 1304 connected with the negative rail 111 .
- a further inductor 1305 is provided in the positive concentrator 110 between the second circuit portion 103 and the third portion 1301 , with a voltmeter 1306 thereacross, and a circuit breaker 1307 .
- another inductor 1308 is provided in the negative concentrator 111 between the second circuit portion 103 and the third portion 1301 , with a voltmeter 1309 thereacross, and a circuit breaker 1310 .
- the voltmeters 1306 and 1309 and the circuit breakers 1307 and 1310 are connected with the processor 204 which responds to and controls them in a similar manner to the other voltmeters 202 and 203 and circuit breakers 205 and 206 .
- the second circuit portion 103 may be isolated should a fault occur in the positive concentrator 110 between the inductors 112 and 1305 , or in the negative concentrator 111 between the inductors 201 and 1308 . In this way, the remaining circuit portions may continue to deliver power independently. In other embodiments the polarity of the voltage drop(s) across the inductor(s) may be used to establish the fault location.
- FIG. 14 An arrangement is shown in FIG. 14 in which the network of FIG. 13 has been modified such that the positive concentrator 110 and negative concentrator 111 form rings.
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